Healthy Diets

Eating raw is a big health food trend, but there are many
ways in which raw food can be harmful to your digestive system. A high content
of cellulose makes some foods very hard to digest, while others can contain
harmful bac...

If you’re serious about your weight loss efforts, you definitely
need to prepare and pick a good time to start making changes in your diet. Even
the best diets can get abandoned quickly if you start them when you’re not
completely ready for a big change.
Discover the worst ways to start a diet, from taking on too
many dietary restrictions combined with intense workouts to starting out with
the wrong motivation. Avoid these simple mistakes if you want to increase the
chances of your diet succeeding.
Being Unprepared
There are...
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Developed at Stanford University to offer relief to those
dealing with irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease, the Low
FODMAP diet is taking off as a major trends, since it’s also recommended for
anyone with non-celiac gluten sensitivity. While the diet doesn’t have any big
weight loss benefits, it can relieve diarrhea, bloating and gas production.
Find out more about the benefits of this diet, the science
behind it and the right way to try it when you’re dealing with digestive
issues.
The Low FODMAP Diet
Basi...
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While animal protein and starch is one of the most common
food combinations, it can definitely affect your digestion. But if you’re not
giving it up anytime soon, then you should learn about other food combinations
to avoid for various reasons.
From combinations of foods that slow down digestion to those
that mess with your energy levels, here are some of the combos that you should
try to avoid on a regular basis.
Muffins and Orange
Juice
While muffins are filled with carbs and orange juice has all
the sugar from the fruit ...
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Fats may be coming back in 2015, but refined sugar is
definitely on its way out, and plenty of replacements are vying to take its
place. Whether you want to lose a few pounds or to make sure that you’re making
the healthiest food choices, check out the best diet trends 2015.
From brand new diet books that are already making an impact
to rediscovering classics like cauliflower and bone broth, here are the major
dieting trends that are going big this year.
The Girlfriend Diet
From the editors of Good Housekeeping magazine, “The...
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When you’re choosing the wrong comfort food, you can end up
feeling guilty for all the extra calories. Avoid that problem by being more
careful about your choices, and adapting comfort food to avoid the high amounts
of carbs and saturated fats.
Find out which are usually the worst comfort foods, with a
single serving sometimes delivering more calories than you need in a day. Try
these helpful tips to make your favorite comfort foods less dangerous for your
waistline and you’ll be able to get the best of both worlds.
Mac and Che...
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Starting your day hung over is never fun, but there are
plenty of things you can do in order to diminish or just completely prevent
the symptoms of a hangover. The trick is to make sure that you’re making the
right decisions the night before.
Find out how to prevent a hangover, from the simplest tips like
staying hydrated to a few other details that can help you have fun without
paying for it the next day. It’s always better to drink responsibly, but if you
have one too many, here’s how to avoid the hangover altogether.
Stay Hy...
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Eating the right fruits and vegetables can have a huge
impact on the health of your skin, but they can also contribute to giving it a
gorgeous glow. Multiple studies have shown that eating these beta-carotene rich
fruits and vegetables can impact the color of your skin in as little as four
weeks (for 5 servings a day).
Rich in carotenoids and antioxidants, the foods that give
you a natural tan include yellow and orange vegetable and fruits, along with
dark green leafy greens. If you don’t want to get a tan naturally and hate self
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While some people think detox diets and cleanses are
overrated, others find them very useful, whether they want to lose weight,
improve their health or simply transition to a more healthy way of eating.
No matter if you want to flush out the toxins with a juice
cleanse, a soup diet or another type of cleanse, the detoxing mistakes to avoid
are the same. Make sure that you’re choosing the right plan for your needs and
that you avoid the common errors which can turn a detox diet into a very
miserable and possibly harmful experience. ...
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When you’re getting ready to look your best for a big event,
it’s important to avoid foods that can mess with your skin or make you look
puffy. By reducing them in your diet for a few days, you’ll really see a
difference.
Here are the foods that make you look tired, foods and
drinks that you should avoid when you need to look great. From excessive sugar
and salt to trans fats and heavily processed foods, here are the worst choices
for looking fresh.
1. Sweets
Sugar and refined carbs can have a negative effect on the
collag...
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Bone broth is becoming a major diet trend, even though it’s
not a weight loss solution. Instead, the benefits of bone broth have more to do
with your overall health and even the way you look.
If you’re curious about the major bone broth benefits, find
out what the advocates of this food, including GAPS and Paleo diet supporters,
have to say about this. From the nutritional benefits of bone broth to the
right way to cook it, here’s what you need to know about it.
What Is Bone Broth?
Made by boiling animal bones on low heat for...
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